It is sheer pleasure to listen to Arundhati Roy speak. her eloquence is mesmerizing. She gives us hope that intellectuals like her are alive and the poor and dispossessed have someone who feels for them and speaks for them. It pains me to read comments criticizing her when all she is talking about is justice for all and respect for human rights.

@chiragshah1017

7 жыл бұрын

Listening to the so called intellectuals (whom I would call "pseudo intellectuals") who fabricate facts and spread lies to propagandize their agenda is a sheer pleasure for you sir? Good for you!!

Arundathi Roy Is one of the jewels of India.She is a reflection of Indian thought,deed and culture.I am happy that India has produced such a one.She raises India's honour throughout the world.She will do India a lot of good.We should praise such genuine hearts and minds.

@krishnanb.s.5581

5 жыл бұрын

anand ram For someone who is a critique of Capitalism and always Promoting Anti India Narrative I don't feel she can contribute. She highlights the problems but doesn't offer solutions.

Thank you, Arundhati for speaking truth to power! We respect your brilliant and compassionate mind!

She is Honest and Speaks Truth

Thank you Arundati Roy Mam....me from Kashmir

Very thought provoking ! haven't read any of her books but she does sound very articulate.

@azadrasheed497

3 жыл бұрын

Well worth reading her books. Another writer of India I read is Salmon Rushdie.Sad many Modi boys & girls hate these 2 & other Indians who are appalled at the killings,massacres of fellow Indians by RSS BJP Mobs,while the Indian Police did nothing. What sort of Policemen ? Policing is that?

Arundhuti Roy is renowned author and her profile output of writting on various topics ranging from climate change to war the perils of free market progress and defence of the poor it is great service for human welfare it is lovely for ever

Insightful and articulate. I have only managed to read her The god of small things, bare naked at the same time intricate and intense. You have to listen to her for outside the framed state of mind.

A very bold woman tearing apart all the "hypocrisy" of the rich especially and those believers of neoliberalism, India's Edward Said of the poor and the oppressed ( be it the Kashmiri, or the tribals, often labeled as Maoists, the displaced, the Dalits )!!!

This is an awesome speech!!!

Thank u

Thanks for uploading this, another important talk by Roy

Good exposition of double standards of sorry state of affairs of india

She is brilliant soul !

Wow! just found your channel, watched watching you. We have like planner interests. Please keep 'em coming! :)

awesome speech !!!

Thank you!

14:02 is utterly brilliant!

i started to watch 'zero dark thirty', not realizing what it was about, but turned it off and came here instead, to listen to the truth of what's going on.

She is brilliant and have the guts to speak truth and see the world out of the box...for India she is the next generation thinker...for that country is the slave of world banks low interest loans for development and foreign investments which has been missing since independence. Hindutwa is funded by World Banks as a super capitalist party which will support their free trade.

@chiragshah1017

7 жыл бұрын

Speaking the truth? Lying openly under the garb of humanity is " The Truth" now a days or what?

Not only it needs the courage to present the truth in front of world, but it also needs the courage to accept the truth. Believe it or not she speaks the truth.

@chiragshah1017

7 жыл бұрын

Truth?Really? Your truthful Arundhati is a chronic liar. You should do some research on all the cases she's speaking about sir. It won't take long before her fake garb of human rights is exposed.

she is like necessary medicine in the right doses, keeping us alert!

Keep up the good work.

Masmerising charismatic Arun.god bless u

the catch here is when she utters this particular line "these pilgrims were coming back after the destruction of the ayodhya mosque" babri masjid was demolished in 1992 and the pilgirms in 2002 had gone to perform a hindu ritual (puja)...How convienient of Miss Roy to twist the facts to the unknowing audience....

@citizenOfNowhere777

10 жыл бұрын

What unknowing audience. I know very well about the propaganda that was fed to destroy Babri Masjid.

plain truth accept it.....naxal topic is 1000% truth

Why dont we let kashmir decide what is good for them? who are we to decide for them? That is all that she is saying. The people of kashmir are adults. They dont need us to take decisions for them. We DO NOT know better.

Excellent speech :)

fearless leader

what's controversial is truth - to those who do not have ears to hear it. i agree yt is a great way to learn, but first one must be open to it.

Carefully crafted conversation...only kashmir discussion !!! They (Western nations and NATO) want and covets Kashmir as they want to have a base there to keep an eye on India China and Russia.

@ramshalla664

10 жыл бұрын

be realistic India is India Kashmir is Kashmirs some body has to talk about

Please tell me anybody from which book she is reading...

Hmm..!! I should say her points on Modi was very convincing. She has a unique ability to put down words. A true and talented Writer. No wonder she was awarded the Booker Prize. Interesting is her ability to convince others as well. But, I was looking at some of the points she mentioned, like RSS. Suddenly it occurred to me that Atal Bihari Vajpayee too was from RSS and there are many other true nationalists. So, we can't really generalize RSS being a Fascist group.

Truth is stranger than fiction.(courtesy: Mark Twain).

31 convictions with death penalty awarded to 11 convicts and you say you don't know who burnt the train at Godhra. For some people it is so easy to lie.

paste the link together, since for some reason youtube doesnt allow you to put links on the comments

I have always wondered why all activists go separate in their activity of enlightening people. Why shouldn't they stay together (inspite of the differences) in their or people's war against forces that are destroying the balance? One laughing at the other isn't giving a good impression. And if the activist chooses to justify the 'laugh' then Gandhi, Nehru, Vallabh, Godse, Modi, Hazare, Kasab, Maoist ... all are humans with different goals and all are welcome here to do their tasks without disturbing the other. Will that be okay? Every activist does something good and we must not forget it. Activists are the epitome of peace-restoration at least they must be united if not physically virtually.

what was the poverty rate of india before liberalization? what is it now? there has been huge development due to globalization, and with proper investment in education and green energy, its negative effects will also be neutralized.

Yes, she has overlooked the expulsion of Kashmiri Hindus. I agree with you.

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Unrelated but she is so fucking beautiful

With the collapse of the price system would go the political and financial superstructures that sits on top of the Price System.

and even as she's speaking there's a man who would like to commodify her voice, for his use. have her singing songs for his abuse. have her putting her work on hold, to support his...help him. because it's easier for women to do it for them, instead of doing it themselves. produce your own art, and don't use women's energy to do it. our creativity is not less important, our thoughts and ideas are not for your sole consumption (you can always tell who's gotten to a woman, by how they stop producing)...like, your partner was an artist. she was finding her voice. where is it now, come out your shell....smh. anyway, check this. it's awesome. spitting truth to power...

There is narrow difference between hippocrates and critics,It is always easy to criticise but very hard to define a solution which works for all (different culture , different ethos) People love to be managed rather than manage themselves. Solution always comes from people itself- iraq, dantewade etc if you leave them you don't care if you care you are hurting their culture :-). certainly loosing side are always more poetic and winners are always savage : This definition comes from journalism/intellectual who are also taught in a particular fashion which they think is always right globally

lots of times, people won't understand you. they may think that the words that empower you to think differently, or that have you saying "yes! that's exactly what i mean!!" are really the opposite. i personally love women who's words speak about how they WON'T be oppressed. by: all forms of capitalist patriarchy. arundhati roy is good for that. telling it like it is. i'm saying "fearless leader" and you think i'm saying "communist low life bitch" lol...i think women deserve BETTER than any form of patriarchy or commodification. and if i can educate them on how to avoid it? as my small contribution to the globe and from my experience? WHILE helping educate the kids...that's what i'll do. work harder, but not to death. i see you. acknowledge you. and love you and your work, arundhati roy. i hope no one stops you from spitting truth to power. she's "not your exotic" either.

The burgess class of slaveowners and global merchants who founded the US gave us a republic that protects the interests of their class almost exclusively. Its democratic philosophy is no model for liberation, despite the brief revolutionary period of the US Civil War and aborted Reconstruction Era that followed. The burgess class in the US and UK maneuvered to fund and create fascism in 1930s Europe. (more)

Im talking about the percentage. yeah, the number has increased due to population, but the percentage of people in poverty has decreased. but yes, there are so many downsides to globalization. but overall, if done smartly, it can greatly improve India.

Search Technocracy movement 1930, Great Depression

Beware of Anu. She will just hypnotize u .

btw, heres a link showing poverty rate in india has gone down. i couldnt put it bbc.co. uk/ news/ world-asia -india- 17441347 there you go

47:48

There are many truths in India nt jst the Kind Arundhati Roy tells.

Sorry. It was meant to somebody else. It went to you

Neither has had a real understanding of Marx and Engels, and in both cases their liberalism has served to undermine real revolutionary tendencies. Nationalism has limitations, and it is often used by fascists such as Modhi. The 2002 train bombing was a typical Gladio operation. YTube /watch?v=bsWHafahbvs

Well said. She's a hypocrite to the bone.

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I bet that some of the fellow indians who are criticising her, have watched this video and understood anything out of it.

I am sorry. It was addressed to someone else. But it came to you. Sorry

Well my friend, Kashmir is not a person. Its a mixture of people from multiple religion and races. Many of the Kashmiris do not know what could happen to them if they were declared a separate country. If you don't realise, Kashmir is a vital defence post in central Asia. Do you think just being adults would enable them take such a a vital decision. This is not like buying a property or selecting the right groceries for house hold.

I always believe that the Jan Lokpal bill could do good to the country so do many across the country. I believe Anna had all the good intention to kick start the moment. Going through the articles involving Arundhati Roy, I could feel a strange negativity in everything she came across with on the media. Try googling arundhati roy + Janlokpal Bill. She is more of a fiction writer which she is marvelously great at. I don't think she is that good of a politician.

Women of stuff.

India is a confection of states, ethnicities, religions & cultures. A quilt where each part is unique but nonetheless united by an overarching civilizational thread. If we allow one segment to secede, based on religion, it's sure to set off a chain reaction of fissiparous events. Pak separated based on that same divisive propaganda and look where it got us, and them. A repetition of that same division is sure to wreak misery, blood-letting. Building bridges should be encouraged, right?

Both Capitalism and Communism are Price System Economies

I mean Aru

Arundhati Roy justifies separating Kashmir from India which I and many economists dont think is the best plan to bring peace and prosperity to J&K. That's all I meant. So, here I am trying to judge the credibility of Ms. Roy's argument which I feel is quite immature. I am not sure if my point is clear to you. If it still is not, dont think I could convey it any further..! Sorry mate.!

Arundhati Roy has been called ‘a Rakhi Sawant with a Booker and a Laptop’ by a columnist from W. Bengal…perhaps not too far off the mark?

All Price System Economies WILL collapse ... Technocracy Movement 1930

WTF Tony Blair? Lord Jesus! Bush and Blair and the Federalist Society and Netanyahu and Modi! And Maga! Lord!!!!

these hate mongers are 'patriotic', 'peace loving' indians who don't want india to be criticized.

Hahaha..! Who said I am at a better position to take decisions for them. I am just repeating the words of people who understand the system better. Now, pls dont ask who cos I dont really remember where I read it. Do u think if the administration of a state is given to the civilians, they would be able to come up with the best way plan for their prosperity? I agree that things are not good there. But, separating Kashmir from India would make it worse.

She is political version Rakhi Sawant

@ amruth what are you who sits at home, eating popcorn and watching TV..... how can judge her being ignorant of the facts wake up its easy to comment .......... but difficult to come out of our comfort zones and work in the grass root level she has done here homework of going the place..... next time when you judge someone have a reason at least

im saying percent of people, not number of people. number of people has increased due to population increase. percent of people has significantly decreased since modernization.

Read the article. The god of false things.

How her mother given a birth to such a poisonous woman

what do you mean she has money or what?

Why do you think you are in a better position to take a decision for them? You don't know better than them? They live there. Let them decide. over 8000 people die every year in Kashmir and thousands go missing. It is the world's most militarized zone. We spend over Rs 200Cr EVERYDAY in defending that state. They are people. Not our property. There are serious human rights violations. The army is given a free hand. I'm not saying make Kashmir independent. Let the people determine their own fates.

tis al quida suporter women ...

You are a great Lier Arundathi Roy. I hope you stick to Fiction because you make a great Fiction writer.

Paison o liye log kya kya karte hain shame on her

Another is her comment that Kashmir should be separated from India.Can you guys imagine what would be the condition of the innocents people living there in Kashmir after it is separated?? Pakistan and all the radical Islamic moments will make Kashmir their home and would put all the muslims and hindus (if any) to deep trouble. You may go to wikipedia and search on Arundhati Roy's post. I strongly believe she doesn't have a clue of what she's saying and is just cashing in on her talents of speech

The moment a person starts getting praises and respect from Muslims.....he/she needs to introspect ........theirs something seriously wrong with that person.....l

@EmadAli-gn1ed

7 ай бұрын

Something seriously wrong with your spelling and grammar actually

Pakistan took such a decision long bck and tey r still goin throu the consequences. I don't know how many Pakistanis you know. i have lived and worked here in UK with at least a dozen of them. They r no diff frm us. Most of them feel, Pakistan could've been a better place to live if it was part of India. These guys I am talking about are no uneducated ones, but some of the brightest in their land. If Kashmir is declared separate, it would b big time screwed by terrorists all ovr the world.

Why not secede from the capitalist Indian union, then. I don't want freedom to vote, I want freedom from your voters.

for arundhati roy, facts are generally flexible. just lie and lie to our teeth. ridiculous.

Just to add up, why do u think Afghanistan has always been having problem and why many of the powerful nations like US, old USSR, China, etc r trying to establish their strong hold there..!! Military positions are very important to nation. So, was there the Kargil war. I strongly believe Arundhati Roy has no clue to what she is blabbering! She was relating RSS to Hitler. Vajpaee belongs to the same RSS. Subhash Chandra Bose had gone to Hitler for help to fight against the British.

This lecture exemplifies AR's hypocrisy. She lambastes the response to the Godhra train burning but then goes on to say "we don't know who set fire to the train". Only hun, we do know. It was proven beyond a shadow of doubt, after thorough investigations, in a court of law, for which 31 people were sentenced, that a Muslim mob set fire to the train, brutally killing innocents. She's conspicuously silent about that but drums up the other side of the story, Sums all that is wrong with her views.

@aakashsuryi9098

Жыл бұрын

No ,it was not proven without a shadow of a doubt...Stop speaking out of your ass without doing proper research and regurgitating half truths. The Nanavati committee that was formed by Modi held 67 people accountable. 56 of these 67 people were found innocent because of lack of evidence. The Gujarat nanavati committee had to change their story 24 times before they settled on those 11 convicts.

She is such a liar, i can't believe she is sane. So the people who murdered the innocents in the train were OK? Why is there no condemnation of that act? She has totally ignored the worst kind of terrorism against women and children.....

she is just a fiction writer, and that fiction mind of her somehow has crept into the reality and she sees the world thru her animated mind, mind of fiction and she knows more about the famous and rich people then the poor and the needy, she stay at villas, attend cocktail parties and socialist and yet she talks about the poor and their needs, I admire her audacity despite her poor knowledge about the things she writes and publish... she should not be taken seriously........

@mike58greenberg

9 жыл бұрын

Evidently, you are not familiar with the effects of depleted uranium. Please refrain from commenting unless you are sincerely interested in today's issues.

@steveoconnor6903

8 жыл бұрын

+mike58greenberg Paris just happened .....she's the one who stands with ISIS......do u have anything to say now?

@paramveerlakra4830

8 жыл бұрын

I just out of curiosity wanted to know, How many books and articles you have read of her????

@bijuporel2467

8 жыл бұрын

Paramveer Lakra enough to know about her writings. Getting an award means nothing. We know how recipient are selected and awarded.

@bijuporel2467

8 жыл бұрын

mike58greenberg pls educate yourself. These are the people with communist leaning, which they openly profess. They believe in revolution than evolution. Their thoughts have not continuity & hence no sustenance. She likes to share her experience, on staying with the oppressed, but would never stay to help them. People who are working for the betterment of the oppressed class, trying to bring them in mainstream, she calls them as agent of the government. They want these tribal belt as their pockets for communist activity. It is correct that there are differences between government & tribal people but definitely not an issue of genocide. She uses such word so carefully that it matches her leftist ideas.

This soft headed woman is mindless at times. She reaches for ideals while ignoring the conditions of power and politics and pragmatism.

@bethsanchezyoga55

6 жыл бұрын

Ignoring the conditions of power and politics? That is exactly what she speaks to so clearly. What are you talking about? As for pragmatism, what you are saying is that the brutality of empire is somehow practical. Your name implies more awakeness than that.

@aakashsuryi9098

Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what he's saying. She's soft headed because she dislikes killing. She's not pragmatic because she doesn't embrace politics for power

After reading your comments I also feel that your critical thinking ability is very very bad that you can't understand subtle differences in the understandings of basic concepts...BTW Globalization is a very broad term ... Arundhati Roy is a Global Citizen and hence a globalized person but the anti-globalization campaign that she carries out has a different meaning of globalization...have you studied subjects like political theory, anthropology, sociology... without reading don't comment shit.

She rants against globalization. But she is the most globalized person from India. She gets royalties from multinational publishers and consumes a lot of products produced by multinationals (for example flat screen TV, mobiles, google etc). She is globe setting all the time around the world. But tells common people of India globalization and capitalism is bad for India

She hasn't overlooked the issue. She says it's all a drama. I've seen some of her other interviews. She's bought out pal. All intellectuals can be bought in this commercial age we live in.

Noone can stop Modi. Modi is an idea whose time has come. Modi represents the future of india. Modi represents the best of india. He was born in a poor family and a backward caste. He worked as a child laborer at a train station in india. Today, he is the most popular politician in india and a PM in waiting. Modi is a savior of india....